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Amanda Rose, Ph.D., lives in the Giant Sequoia National Monument of California where she forages and wild crafts for food and remedies from local native plants. She is increasingly known for her weight loss success ("half her size") via her website http://www.EatLikeABear.life/

Springtime now means dandelion tea. It’s springtime for all intents and purposes here in California. We’re recovering from winter around here, trying to get some fresh air and exercise as our bodies adjust to the beginning of the pollen onslaught. A friend asked me about fluid retention — she’s retaining a lot of water right […]

When I’m out and about in the community, people ask me nearly constantly how to do intermittent fasting and, more pointedly, how to get started with intermittent fasting and my weight loss diet in general. Intermittent fasting is basically just a structure of eating in which you eat in a specific “window” of time during […]

Here in central California we are lucky enough to have access to some sort of fresh citrus much of the year. However, the motherlode really does hit in the spring when friends end up with back yards smelling of fermenting orange and lemon after months of picking limes then lemons then oranges. By mid-spring you […]

My 10-year-old son has increasing problems with seasonal allergies — we brace ourselves as spring comes with its pollen because this kid really reacts. Last year we kept him comfortable with over-the-counter medications, local honey, regular elderflower tea, lavender oil in a nebulizer/diffuser concoction as he sleeps, and a chest rub of lavender and eucalyptus […]

Amanda’s dandelion vinegar note: I would like to welcome Carol Little as a writer for Fresh Bites Daily. I asked Carol to write about this because of her long-time experience as an herbalist. She provides a depth of experience that is unusual to find and this simple vinegar recipe is one good example. Any of […]

Springtime comes once again and we begin the wonderful new season of foraging. We might as well start with nature’s most beautiful wildflower – the California poppy. Did you realize that it actually has medicinal qualities? It is beautiful and useful! All parts of the plant are useful in combating insomnia, anxiety, and nervousness. Of […]

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